dynamic
@dynamic@bonfire.social.coop

I live in the Boston Area with my spouse and child, and am a university lecturer teaching courses in GIS and food systems.

I am a car free bicycle commuter, and like nature observation, foraging, making crafts, Deep Canvassing, and talking about big ideas.

In my academic life, I do a lot of computer modeling, and I'm a big fan of systems dynamics thinking. I used to hang out with the STS folks at Harvard, which has helped shape my thinking.

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dynamic: I've been trying out Friendica and Friendica groups provide the same functionality as Bonfire circles, Friendica provides well-formatted conversation threading similar to Bonfire, and Friendica already federates. I believe there are other protocols that have made similar headway too, although I havne't tried them out yet. In light of that, can someone convince me that the Bonfire project is truly worthwhile?
dynamic
@dynamic
284,645m ago

Addendum: Actually, having reminded myself what this interface looks like, I think Friendica threads are better formatted than Bonfire threads.

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dynamic: I'm posting this here rather than on Mastodon because I think the Bonfire people seem to have good intentions and perhaps their project goes somewhere, but can someone help me understand what truly compelling features Bonfire is planning to develop that aren't already provided by Friendica or other ActivityPub platforms?
dynamic
@dynamic
284,649m ago

I've been trying out Friendica and Friendica groups provide the same functionality as Bonfire circles, Friendica provides well-formatted conversation threading similar to Bonfire, and Friendica already federates.

I believe there are other protocols that have made similar headway too, although I havne't tried them out yet.

In light of that, can someone convince me that the Bonfire project is truly worthwhile?

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dynamic
@dynamic
284,651m ago

I'm posting this here rather than on Mastodon because I think the Bonfire people seem to have good intentions and perhaps their project goes somewhere, but can someone help me understand what truly compelling features Bonfire is planning to develop that aren't already provided by Friendica or other ActivityPub platforms?

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Bob Haugen: I see a nice indented thread pretty much automatically...
dynamic
@dynamic
355,150m ago

Yes.  I really appreciate that the's an option for a proper thread view.  I'm less than pleased with the fact that there's also options for sorting threads by numbers of replies or numbers of likes. 

I would prefer to get away from social media being a massive popularity contest.

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Nathan Schneider: @bhaugen how are things at Bonfire??
dynamic
@dynamic
357,912m ago

Hi.  Just set up my account.\
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I'm curious as to how we are able to see this post from Bonfire if the Bonfire instance isn't federated yet.

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